Pub Quiz #2

Morning all! As promised Im trying to put together a few more quizzes for the blog and here is the latest one. I particualry like the connection round Ive put together here! Enjoy. Answers to be posted Monday, feel free to mention in the comments any answers or indeed if you get the connection.

1. Name the singer and actress, auntie to a current famous Hollywood actor, who had hits with “Mambo Italiano” and  “This Ole House” as well as appearing in the movie ‘White Christmas’?

2. Which Roman Emperor is known as ‘The First Christian Emperor’?

3. Who was the King to Queen Boudicca’s Iceni tribe whose death prompted the rebellion?

4. Known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, which “sea” is bordered in the north by Ukraine and to the east by Russia?

5. Which composer discovered Uranus?

6. In which sport do teams compete for the Corbillon Cup?

7. Who is the patron saint of refugees and converts?

8. Which act will return for Ireland at this years Eurovision Song Contest hoping that their “Waterline” will better their “lipstick”?

9. What is the capital city of Burma?

10.  What was the name of the wall constructed approximately 100 metres north of Hadrian’s Wall in the AD140’s?

Betting Odds Slang

I am going to give you the slang terms for a series of betting odds. All I want to know is what odds those terms mean i.e. If I said Level, you would say Evens

11. Burlington Bertie
12. X’s
13. Enin
14. Hand
15. Double Carpet

Connections

The final set of answers all link together in some way. Find the connection!

16. Which actor, born in 1928 and an OBE,  played Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who alongside David Tennant and also appeared as Wally Bannister in
    Coronation Street
    in 2003?

17. What does the ‘P’ stand for in the name of the musician PJ Harvey?

18.  Where were the water sports events in the 1948 Olympic games held?

19.  Who starred alongside Judi Dench as Lionel Hardcastle in the sitcom ‘As Time Goes By’?

20.  What is the connection between the above four answers?